#DBB559#DBB559

#DBB559 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.119 H 87.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBB559
RGB	rgb(219, 181, 89)
HSL	hsl(42, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(42, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 59.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.35, 3.17, 51.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.35, 51.24, 86.45°)
OKLab	oklab(78.87% 0.0063 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(78.87% 0.119 87)
XYZ	xyz(47.5427, 48.8318, 16.3706)
Luminance	0.4883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBB559 #597FDB

analogous

#DB7459 #DBB559 #C0DB59

triadic

#DBB559 #59DBB5 #B559DB

tetradic

#DBB559 #59DB74 #597FDB #DB59C0

square

#DBB559 #59DB74 #597FDB #DB59C0

split-complementary

#DBB559 #59C0DB #7459DB

monochromatic

#997621 #CB9C2C #DBB559 #E6CB8B #F1E2BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#DBB559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#DBB559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBB559

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBB559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBB559	1.00	1.95	10.77	10.77
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B450

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECA8A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbb559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 181, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.119 87.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ca8b',
    500: '#dbb559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbb559;
$custom-light: #e9ca8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbb559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.462,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7887,
    "c": 0.11898,
    "h": 87
  },
  "luminance": 0.48829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBB559

secondary

#AFBEE1

accent

#4ECC19

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBB559

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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